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The Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University will welcome six Faculty Fellows in Ethics for the 2005-06 academic year. The fellows, who study ethical problems in business, government, law, medicine, and public policy, were selected from a pool of applicants from universities and professional institutions throughout the United States and several…

Harvard University continues to be among the nations best workplaces for women, according to Working Mother magazine, which on Sept. 12 named the University one of its 100 Best organizations for working mothers for the third year in a row. Harvard is the only university on the 2005 list and one of just three employers…

Health care in the Peoples Republic of China is unequal and too expensive, and theres not enough of it, but the Chinese government is aware of the problems and is moving to address them, Chinas vice minister of health said Sept. 8 at Harvard Medical School.

Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) Professor Charles V. Willie received the Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award from the American Sociological Association (ASA). The award was presented to Willie, the Charles William Eliot Professor of Education, at the ASA annual meeting in Philadelphia on Aug. 14.

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Somewhere between attending class, studying, and sleeping, a dozen Harvard Medical School (HMS) students have made the time to train for a 200-mile, 24-hour relay race from Bretton Woods, N.H., to the seacoast. So what drives these future docs to run laps through the itchy grass of the Medical School Quad so they can push…

Milton Fund accepting faculty proposals The William F. Milton Fund makes research funds available to faculty members of the University for studies of a medical, geographic, historic, or scientific nature.…

Lecturer on Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations John (Jay) Ellison was named secretary of the administrative board and assistant dean of Harvard College last month. Ellison has served Harvard for more than a decade, most recently as a senior tutor in Lowell House, where he annually coordinated advising for 450 residents. His committee service in…

Christine Atwood has been appointed senior associate dean for external affairs at Harvards Kennedy School of Government (KSG), Dean David T. Ellwood recently announced. In her new role, Atwood will lead the Schools development initiatives and oversee alumni programs. She will also serve as a member of the deans leadership team, helping to define the…

Suzy M. Nelson, a seasoned academic administrator with broad experience in the areas of student affairs and residential life, has been named Harvard Colleges associate dean for residential life, effective Sept. 19.

A. Clayton Spencer has been named the Universitys vice president for policy, and Kasia Lundy has been appointed chief of staff in the Office of the President, President Lawrence H. Summers announced Sept. 8.

Mason Fellows Program names Eckroad new director Kathy Eckroad has been named director of the Edward S. Mason Program in Public Policy and Management at the Kennedy School of Government…

The ranks of the Harvard Law School (HLS) faculty expanded over the summer with the arrival of three new assistant professors and two new tenured professors of law. The hires are part of an effort to bring about a net increase of 15 faculty members during the next decade.

President Lawrence H. Summers will hold office hours for students in his Massachusetts Hall office on the following dates:

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the weeks beginning Aug. 30 and ending Sept. 12. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.

All members of the University community and their guests are invited to attend Harvards fourth annual Its Movie Time at Harvard, to be held Sept. 25 in Tercentenary Theatre.

At the Activities Fair for freshmen, Harrison Greenbaum 08 points to a sponge ball that he conjured out of thin air, convincing an astonished or gullible Sara Manning 09 to sign up for the Magic Club.

On freshman move-in day, Sept. 10, proud father Charles Oo looks like hes carrying an Impressionist masterpiece as he moves a mirror into his daughter Kimberlys dorm. Staff photo Kris Snibbe/Harvard News Office

Ann E. Berman, vice president for finance and chief financial officer of the University, announced her decision to step down effective April 1, 2006.

Harvard is taking the first step in its 50-year journey toward an integrated campus in Allston, Cambridge, and Longwood – a journey that has been in the preliminary planning and consultation phase since the turn of the millennium. This first step is selection of an architect for Allstons first science building.

Harvard waste management officials are holding up four construction projects at the University this summer as examples of recycling successes, with nearly all construction debris, furniture, and equipment recycled or…

Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan has appointed Francis X. McCrossan to serve as dean for administration, the Schools chief administrative and financial officer. McCrossan, who began work on Aug. 1, will oversee a range of administrative departments including Information Technology Services, Human Resource Services, Facilities Management, Financial Services, Administrative Publications, Major Capital Projects, and…

Harvard investigators researching a needle-free tuberculosis vaccine and new ways to gather public health information in developing countries received major boosts from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in the form of $26 million in two separate grants.

A simple urine test holds promise for detecting both life-threatening birthmarks and the presence of cancer. Out-of-control growth of both is tied to proteins that reveal themselves in urine.

Members of the Harvard community are invited to offer nominations and advice regarding the search for a new member of the Harvard Corporation, the Universitys executive governing board.

The sun was out and the weather was in the 90s, but that didnt prevent guests at Harvards 30th annual Senior Picnic from enjoying themselves. In addition to lunch, music, and dancing, the event featured speeches by local politicians and civic leaders as well as a rousing performance of patriotic songs by the Cambridge Senior…